Just relatively impractical, unless you:
- Want to have a temperature controlled kettle
- not make coffee for more than one person (as it takes a while), if 2 or 3 people wanted coffees, you would all be drinking them separately and for 3 people, yours would be cold by the time you finished.
- Always uses a full fill (which is a shame they didn’t sort that before production)
- Don’t need to steam milk
- Illusory saving on counter space vs a standard machine e.g. meticulous milk, temp controlled kettle and Meticulous all on the counter.
I expect to see a lot of them appear on the used market, if the project doesn’t collapse mid way through the production and delivery phase in December 2025. I predicted it would be around 2 years later than they said (delivery 2023) when they started the campaign and have been proved correct. My major concern now is 2 years extra and unplanned for expenditure in infrastructure, exhibitions, influencers, redesigns, specialists bought on board, 43+ peoples salaries, international travel, whatever the top 2 or 3 have been taking out as pay and bonus etc..
With pledges having been cancelled and the production/material costs still to come, I’m wondering if they will run short of money!
I had concerns back in Aprilish 2023 here: https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1445-meticulous/141
and here: https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1445-meticulous/146
